title: The Healthy Teen Girls project: comparison of health education and STD risk reduction intervention for incarcerated adolescent females.
abstract: Adolescent girls incarcerated in a state reformatory (N = 246) were recruited and assigned to an 18-session health education program or a time-equivalent HIV prevention program. Cohorts were assigned to conditions using a randomized block design separated by a washout period to reduce contamination. Post intervention, girls in the HIV risk reduction program demonstrated the acquisition of risk-reduction behavioral skills and improved condom application skill. At a follow-up assessment approximately 9 months after release from the correctional facility, girls in both conditions reported fewer unprotected sexual intercourse occasions and less sex while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.
authors.affiliation: Mississippi State University, MS, USA. angela.robertson@ssrc.msstate.edu
authors.forename: Angela A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Angela R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: St Lawrence
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Morse
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baird-Thomas
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liew
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gresham
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017280:Condoms / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011329:Prisoners / Q000193:education*; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000517:prevention & control*